Notes for the Notetaker: Tips to Write Better Agendas, Recaps, and Weekly Summaries

By Joshua Baez, Marketing Consultant for Heinz Marketing
Who guards the guardians? Who watches the Watchmen? Who takes notes for the notetaker?
Ah, notetaking. Truly an underrated task that many would characterize as boring, manual, administrative, “grunt-work,” and while there are a handful of occasions I can think of where those descriptions are absolutely true, notetaking is also an incredibly important task not just saved for B2B organizations, but for the majority (let’s say… 99.8%) of professional, collegiate, and personal endeavors as well.
In the context of an office, the notetaker is the unsung hero. We rely on them to keep projects on track, people accountable, and accounts organized, yet I don’t know many notetakers who receive praise for their email riddled with bullets and bold fonts. (A shame, really.)
While notetaking may not be the new hot job trend of 2018, 2019, 20, 21, 22… their importance to the business is one